2017-18 Season

Miscellaneous

O'Brien Runs No. 2 Time in School HistorySophomore finishes sixth in a loaded 5,000m field in 15:42.60 on the first day in Seattle

Feb. 9, 2018

SEATTLE, Wash. – Boise State’s distance runners have typically run their fastest times on the oversized track of the Dempsey Indoor Center. Clare O’Brien continued that tradition on the first day of the Husky Classic, Friday.

Racing in the women’s invitational heat of the 5,000m, O’Brien took sixth in a field loaded with professional runners, running 15:42.60 to finish as the second collegian. O’Brien’s time is the sixth-fastest in the NCAA this season, and moves her up to No. 2 on the Boise State record book, behind only Allie Ostrander’s 15:21.85 in 2016.

O’Brien now has raced times in both the 3,000m and 5,000m that would qualify her for the indoor national championships, if the season were to end today.

Grace McConnochie (16:11.74) and Gracie Tostenson (16:58.28) both ran solid times in the 5,000m, with McConnochie setting a new personal best and finishing third in the second heat.